Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Books Are Coming to HBO — Watch the New Trailer!

The first season of the show will be adapted from Pullman's first young adult fantasy novel in the series, The Golden Compass, with season two presumably focusing on the events in the second book, The Subtle Knife. If all goes well, the third season will follow the third novel, The Amber Spyglass. If you haven't been lucky enough to read the books, they track the adventures of young Lyra Belacqua, who lives in a parallel universe where human souls take the form of animal companions called "daemons" (Lyra's is called Pantalaimon, whose physical form is a male pine marten). When children start to be kidnapped — including Lyra's best friend Rodger — by beings called Gobblers, Lyra takes it upon herself to find them with the help of a witch, a massive polar bear, and a Texas airman.